title: Nursing care based on risk assessment and classification: agreement between nurses and the institutional protocol.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to verify the degree of agreement between the levels of priority given by baccalaureate nurses in care based on risk assessment and classification and the institutional protocol, and also among peers.
  
  
  METHODS
  descriptive study, using a questionnaire with thirty fictitious clinical cases based on the institutional protocol, which is considered the gold standard, answered by twenty baccalaureate nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the agreement analysis through the Kappa Coefficient concluded that the agreement between baccalaureate nurses and the institutional protocol in relation to prioritizing the levels of severity was moderate. When the agreement among peers was evaluated, it was low, as represented by the colorimetric density in shades of light gray.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  in Brazil, some institutions have developed their own protocol, which makes it necessary to develop tools in order to evaluate the accuracy of professionals in relation to the protocols, highlighting the need for capable people to perform this activity, thus contributing to patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriella Novelli
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Cássia Regina
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Vancini-Campanharo
authors.forename: Meiry Fernanda Pinto
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Ruth Ester Assayag
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Batista
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D018570:Risk Assessment